Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-08
GENERAL MARKETS,
Produce and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, MO, July 6.-Flour quiet and
easy and in moderate demand. Wheat unset
settled; steady demand early made the market
firm, but later eased OIL; large export in New
caused recovery, and the close was a c
higher for July; No. red cash, 13%ci July
| 734Gl3 c, closing at SIC: August I3.s G4sc,
closing at nc; September 70 a TO- &C, closing at
75tsc. Corn lower and irregular; cash 321Sc;
July 324 GG33 c, closing 327sc; August 524G
32zsc; september BIC. oats quiet; cash 26ilC;
July q &c; August "a &C, Cornmeal lower at
81 IS Whisky steady at 81 O5 Provisions
easy; pork Irregular; new SIS 90. Lard 60 50
Dry salt meat, boxed, shoulders, 81 80; long
Bacon frmeri boxed shoulders 60 00G6 p; long
clear and clear ribs $ 6O6S 7j short clear s. 30
al co. Hams steady at Slla IA 90.
CAICAGo ILL. July 6.-NeW winter wheat IS
inspecting remarkably we'll, of IS cars received
this morning, all was graded No. > or better.
Weakerfeeling prevailed in wheat market at
opening. August started at IL advanced to
7l7s but quickly reacted under free onerings
and sold down to Il =. Wheat was heavy Of 1t
self but 1t is doubtful If 1t would have fallen 90
low without influence of corn. The pit was
poorly filed and the majority of operators inssB
mad wheat to sell, around IA The sCaipHg
element began picking itup In small quantities.
for few points, thereby causing August to re-
G G2eeF It clos5d e The breaking ni' of the
drouth caught the corn crowd "long' and this
morning they could not sell fast enough
There were few buyers ct the market, bde
they TOOK little as the price went on downe
August opened ct 81 la36Hc, and droPpFd
during the irst hour to 80 &C, substantially 9ne
cent: then steaGying awhile around 35&I c it re-
acted to 36Hc. The corn crowd seemed to
have made up their minds to see big crops, and
figure that in the face of prospects the present
prices are # anything, too high, The disposi-
ton of the longs TO day was TO get out while
they could do 20 at good figure. August
closed STEADY at So &c. Provisions were weak
a1d prices ranged loweri genera. cling was
be2rish and operators were more inclined 10
sell during the early part of the session owing
to q contlnuedidecline in corn, and prices OF
lard declined 10c, and short ribs DC. About
noon shorts began to cover; offerings dCcrSdS'
d and rally occurred, last sales being only
7HGIOc lower than yesterday. August lar y
on ned ct sc 60. declined TO S. 80, and closed az
s. 20, cold to 81 80, and closed at SlR2E.
Leading futures closed as follows: Whes1-.
July 90 &C; August Il SCI September Tj4CSOclj
tober 755!c. Corn-July S5&c; August 964eSi
N0minally, az SIS GOALS 90 for cash. Lard-JaI
So As; August S. 81; September S6-p;
october S6 Tx. Short ribs-JuIy 81 5231;
August s. 6255; September 81 T-3j October
81 ~. Cash quotations were: Flour ruled
quiet, with prices steady and unchanged; No.
: spring wheat 6955010c; No. 2. red, I25lc
IS 90. Iard~$6 50 Snort ribs sides. loose,
81 50GT 50; dry sailed shoulders, boxed, 50 80
Go 7Oi short clear sides, boxed, 81 sOs7 e5.
NEW YORK, July 6.-Flour market active,
Spot lots 5l6Ac lower with active bus inessS
good part for export; options opened heagy
and soon declined 3zG18c. later ruled stJ5pger
and closed steady, showing recovery OF "a &c
moderate; spot No. ,, red, SIC. elevator; SSl<c,
delivered; SIC special late delivery;
s So: closed at s5 q August Ia5g ga ga
aS4s<c, closed at s4hc; September ST 15-169
S55lc, closed at S57lc; October laSSHc, closed
lower Closing steady ; SPOT TO- SP g5c at ee
yator: 45@45,sc afloat; July 45GA5I4c, closed at
i t; August lasGs1sO, closed at ti6sc; septs@'